Is it permissible to shorten and combine prayers for a distance of 60 kilometers for continuous work around the clock?
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Question:
The questioner: We have a military project, for five consecutive days, at a distance of approximately sixty kilometers from the city, and the work is around the clock. Is it permissible for us, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to shorten and combine the prayers? The questioner says: We have a military project, for five consecutive days, and the distance of this project from the city is approximately sixty kilometers, and the work is around the clock. Is it permissible for us, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to shorten and combine the prayers?
Answer:
No, pray four rak'ahs. This is a disliked travel; travel is approximately eighty kilometers. So you must pray four rak'ahs. We ask Allah for success for everyone. Yes.
The questioner: We have a military project, for five consecutive days, at a distance of approximately sixty kilometers from the city, and the work is around the clock. Is it permissible for us, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to shorten and combine the prayers? The questioner says: We have a military project, for five consecutive days, and the distance of this project from the city is approximately sixty kilometers, and the work is around the clock. Is it permissible for us, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to shorten and combine the prayers?
Answer:
No, pray four rak'ahs. This is a disliked travel; travel is approximately eighty kilometers. So you must pray four rak'ahs. We ask Allah for success for everyone. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 421 هل بجوز القصر والجمع في الصلاة لمسافة تبعد 60 كيلو متر للعمل المتواصل على مدار الساعة؟ — youtube.com
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